The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”.
The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”.
In an article in the News Letter, Mr Wilson said he believed it occurred naturally and was not man-made.
“Resources should be used to adapt to the consequences of climate change, rather than King Canute-style vainly trying to stop it,” said the minister.
Peter Doran of the Green Party said it was a “deeply irresponsible message.”
Mr Wilson said he refused to “blindly accept” the need to make significant changes to the economy to stop climate change.
“The tactic used by the “green gang” is to label anyone who dares disagree with their view of climate change as some kind of nutcase who denies scientific fact,” he said.
The minister said he accepted climate change can occur, but does not believe the cause has been identified.
“Reasoned debate must replace the scaremongering of the green climate alarmists.”
John Woods of Friends of the Earth said Mr Wilson was “like a cigarette salesman denying that smoking causes cancer”.
“Ironically, if we listen to him Northern Ireland will suffer economically as we are left behind by smarter regions who are embracing the low carbon economy of the future.”
It is the latest clash between Mr Wilson and green groups since his appointment as environment minister in June.
Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,. At last someone in some government with common sense and enough courage to speak out. EF
Elmer Fudd
September 5, 2008
It is very easy to debunk the claim that it is “scientific fact” that man is causing “global warming”. All that is required is to refer to the following fundamental principle of science –
“ONLY EXPERIMENTAL DATA HAS THE POWER TO SHOW CAUSE.”
This is the basis of the scientific method and is not debatable.
Note that climatologists have NO EXPERIMENTAL DATA and will not have any anytime soon. Without experimental data, no reasonable conclusion can be obtained.
In order to produce experimental data on the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, the experiment would have to be performed at the same scale as the Earth’s atmosphere! Obviously that’s not going to happen.
Global Warming proponents have only observational data. A corollary to the above states:
“OBSERVATIONAL DATA CAN NEVER BE USED TO SHOW CAUSE, ONLY ASSOCIATION.”
I wonder how many “global warming” advocates know the difference between “cause” and “association”? The difference is of course vast.
As a scientist I have examined the theories and methods used by global warming proponents. It is nothing short of appalling to see their “scientific work”.
FERGUS S. SMITH
September 6, 2008